Musings on Markets
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The Hurdle Rate - Estimation in 2025 With that long lead in, I will lay out the estimation choices I used to estimate the costs of equity, debt and capital for the close to 48,000 firms in my sample. In the context of checking to see whether a valuation passes the 3P test (Is it possible? Is it plausible? Is it probable?),
Gergory Caruso
JUNE 24, 2025
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Global Finance
MARCH 17, 2025
Global Finance (GF): What are CIBs growth plans for 2025 and beyond across Africa? Using Kenya as a regional hub, we will extend our reach into other key African markets that have strong trade ties with Egypt. How will you achieve these? The tailored financial solutions we offer in Kenya are a good example.
Equidam
JULY 8, 2025
If a production company has a 15% probability of creating a hit film worth $100 million, the expected value would be $15 million, which can then be discounted for time and market risk. While the long-term trend toward decarbonization creates enormous market opportunities, individual companies face significant timing risk.
Reynolds Holding
JULY 31, 2023
The banking agencies do not anticipate making a final rule effective until at least July 2025, and the proposal suggests a three-year phase-in period after that for most provisions. Risks would be required to be modeled (and internal models approved and backtested) at the level of individual trading desks rather than at the firm level.
Reynolds Holding
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
There would be no change in the capital framework for smaller firms, except that those firms with significant trading activities would be subject to the market-risk capital provisions. This new approach would include standardized risk-weights for credit, equity, operational, and credit valuation adjustment risk.
Equidam
JUNE 30, 2025
Updated Market Conditions Inputs – Risk-free rates: Now 4-5% vs. near-zero during ZIRP – Market risk premiums: Adjusted for current volatility and country-specific factors – Survival rates: Updated data reflecting current market conditions 2. Here’s how Equidam approaches this: 1.
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